- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Tammy Whitehouse2018-08-06T12:45:00
The countdown to new lease accounting is causing some companies to shift gears, concerned they can’t make the deadline following their original adoption plans.
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